Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters

Edited by:   Thalappil Pradeep (Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor and Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai India), Thalappil Pradeep (Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India)
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   1.340kg
ISBN:   9780323908795
ISBN 10:   0323908799
Pages:   664
Publication Date:   11 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Thalappil Pradeep is the Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor and a Professor of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. He studied at the University of Calicut, Indian Institute of Science, UC Berkeley and Purdue. He is an author of over 478 scientific papers in journals, multiple books in the field and is an inventor of 120 patents or patent applications. Prof Pradeep is also on the editorial boards of numerous key journals, and is an associate editor of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. In addition, he is involved in the development of affordable technologies for drinking water purification, some of which have been commercialized. His technologies are supplying clean water to 10 million people each day. He is a recipient of several awards including the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, BM Birla Science Prize, National Award for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, India Nanotech Innovation Award and JC Bose National Fellowship. He is the winner of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) prize in Chemistry for the year 2018. The nation conferred the fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri on him in 2020. He is also the recipient of Nikkei Asia Prize 2020. He is a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry, The World Academy of Sciences and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a distinguished professor in a few institutions in India and is also on the graduate faculty of Purdue University.